Bleachers (@bleachersmusic ) are back on the cover of Dork as they gear up for their fifth album, ‘Everyone For Ten Minutes’.
It’s a record that confronts the chaos of modern life head-on while doubling down on what makes Bleachers, well, Bleachers — community, connection and an unshakeable belief that pleasing everyone is, as Jack Antonoff puts it, “a failure of imagination”.
Elsewhere this month sees conversations with our two other cover stars - Towa Bird and Myles Smith - as well as chats with Basement, back from major label heartbreak with ‘Wired’, Rosa Walton takes a break from the synth-pop world of Let’s Eat Grandma for guitars and American Football step well outside the famous house for ‘LP4’.
Plus loads more from Bel Cobain, Sofia and the Antoinettes, and Deb Never, plus the usual stack of reviews, live coverage (Louis Tomlinson! Olivia Dean! Lynks! 5SOS!) and Dork nonsense brimming from cover to cover.
Pre-order up the new issue now at shop.readdork.com, or click the link in bio.
Myles Smith is on the cover of June’s issue of Dork!
Having gone from open mic nights to global smash hits in the blink of an eye, Myles’ debut album, ‘My Mess, My Heart, My Life’ arrives rooted in his own therapy notes, refusing to take the obvious route in favour of something genuinely true.
Elsewhere this month sees conversations with our two other cover stars - Bleachers and Towa Bird - as well as chats with Basement, back from major label heartbreak with ‘Wired’, Rosa Walton takes a break from the synth-pop world of Let’s Eat Grandma for guitars and American Football step well outside the famous house for ‘LP4’.
Plus loads more from Bel Cobain, Sofia and the Antoinettes, and Deb Never, plus the usual stack of reviews, live coverage (Louis Tomlinson! Olivia Dean! Lynks! 5SOS!) and Dork nonsense brimming from cover to cover.
Pre-order up the new issue now at shop.readdork.com, or click the link in bio.
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Towa Bird is on the cover of the June issue of Dork!
From two years of going viral from guitar clips to playing arena stages with Billie Eilish, Towa Bird follows up debut ‘American Hero’ with ‘Gentlemen’. A wirier, weirder, more confident record that reclaims its title for a new generation.
Elsewhere this month sees conversations with our two other cover stars - Bleachers and Myles Smith - as well as chats with Basement, back from major label heartbreak with ‘Wired’, Rosa Walton takes a break from the synth-pop world of Let’s Eat Grandma for guitars and American Football step well outside the famous house for ‘LP4’.
Plus loads more from Bel Cobain, Sofia and the Antoinettes, and Deb Never, plus the usual stack of reviews, live coverage (Louis Tomlinson! Olivia Dean! Lynks! 5SOS!) and Dork nonsense brimming from cover to cover.
Pre-order up the new issue now at shop.readdork.com, or click the link in bio.
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San Diego pop-punk trio Super Sometimes have spent the past few years turning themselves from local scene kids into one of the genre's fastest-rising new bands.
Check out our latest @readdork x @upsetmagazine cover feature on readdork.com now.
Lola Blue is making indie-pop filled with memories of growing up, falling in love, getting hurt and trying to hold onto the fearless part of yourself that still wants to wear a fancy dress to a piano recital and absolutely smash it. Her debut EP 'Pinky Promise' pulls together stories from her late teens and early twenties with the same warmth and excitement she remembers feeling as a kid.
"Little me was fearless," she says, grinning. "I try to channel her every day."
Read the latest Hype cover story at readdork.com.
When Caleb Shomo started Beartooth, it was a snarling, malevolent exercise in catharsis. Their debut album, 'Disgusting', evidenced Caleb's determination to do things his way, to go back to his roots and channel all his anger, all his trauma, into the band's very fabric.
Twelve years later, Caleb and Co. are back with their sixth studio album, 'PURE ECSTASY', unfurling the same soul-bearing, brutally honest lyricism over a vast, sprawling array of sonics that draw inspiration from across the musical spectrum.
Check out the latest cover story for our New Music Friday playlist edit PLAY on readdork.com now.
SURPRISE! Polka dot math rock purveyors @anginedepoitrine follow on from a jammed-pack show at Brighton’s @greatescapefest last night with a second secret show at The Old Market with @mformontreal . Blimey. Believe the hype.
My queens, get your tickets, it’s happening. I’m doing a show on 17th July with @readdork at @100clublondon !! Bring your sun cream cause it’s going to get hot!! Ticket link in my bio, see u there xxx 🌊👙☀️🏖️🦩
Camp pop bangers, crowd participation and a juggling masterclass: @hauteandfreddy ’s London debut shows this week were as ridiculous as they were euphoric.
Read and check out the photos on readdork.com now.
Words: @justdip
Photos: @frankab
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 It’s been the worst-kept secret on the Brighton seafront, but the wait is officially over. @shame are headlining our Official Great Escape Closing Party down on the TGE Beach this Saturday (16th May) and it’s going to be *quite* the party.
Friends of the Magazine Shame are no strangers to big festival moments. Since first gracing the cover of this here magazine back in 2018, they’ve been a part of our DNA. Constantly pushing the boundaries and heading around the globe to make every city their own, there’s a reason why they’ve been on our magazine cover multiple times. Latest album ‘Cutthroat’ marked them as a band embracing their bigstand era and there’s nobody better to send The Great Escape into the night than one of the UK’s very best bands.
Joining them on the bill are a further addition. @augustbyproxy bring a hearty, stirring counterpoint to the post-punk mayhem above them. The two new additions slot alongside the previously announced @toothband , the London four-piece that deal in shout-along garage rock with the kind of sweaty live shows that tend to make festival programmers’ eyes light up. Elsewhere, Brighton’s own @goodbye.band make it a hometown shout, the weaving dream-pop newcomers having built a serious word-of-mouth buzz off the back of the release of debut EP ‘These Things Take Time’ and enough stunning sets that has us swooning while @orchard.ldn complete the line-up with aplomb.
The Official Great Escape Closing Party takes place at The Deep End @ TGE Beach on Saturday 16th May from 6:15pm until late. It would be ‘unfortunate’ if you missed it.
